Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Dastgheib has called on President Hassan Rohani to take a firm stance on the issue of political prisoners and make efforts release opposition leaders Mousavi and Karroubi from house arrest. Ayatollah Dastgheib, who has been a persistent critic of how the government has treated political prisoners in recent years, addressed […]
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Top cleric slams conditions on opposition leaders’ release
Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastgheib has criticized placing conditions on the release of Iran’s Green Movement leaders and other political prisoners. The Masjed Ghoba website, run by supporters of Ayatollah Dastgheib in Shiraz, reports that the senior cleric has heard of the imminent release of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi […]
Cleric adds to calls for release of opposition leaders
Dissident cleric Ayatollah Dastgheib urged the “powerful figures of the country” to work hard for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi as well as other political prisoners. The Masjed Qoba website reported his statement last night, on Thursday August 8: “Among the powerful figures of the country, there are some […]